The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the seven

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, one from each of the state's seven

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. This was the first time that the Democrats picked up a seat in South Carolina since 1986. The state congressional delegation changed from 6–1 for Republicans to 5–2 for Republicans. Prior to this, the last time the Democrats had held 2 seats in the state had been in 2010.

Results summary

Statewide

District

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina by district:

District 1

The 1st district is located in the Low Country, on the Atlantic coastal plain from

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to the border of Georgetown County, it includes most of the Charleston area. The incumbent was Republican

Mark Sanford Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. (born May 28, 1960) is an American politician and author who served as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2013 to 2019, and also as the ...

, who had represented the district since 2013. Sanford was defeated by Republican Katie Arrington in the primary. Arrington went on to lose the general election to Democrat Joe Cunningham.

Democratic primary

Results

Republican primary

Sanford defeated State Representative Jenny Horne in the 2016 primary by only a 56-44 percent margin. The closer than expected result led to speculation that Sanford could be vulnerable to another primary challenge in 2018. Former Director of the

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Catherine Templeton was reportedly being recruited to challenge Sanford, but decided instead to run for governor.

Polling

Results

Endorsements

General election

Predictions

Debates

Complete video of debate
October 16, 2018

Polling

Results

District 2

The 2nd district is located in central South Carolina and spans from Columbia to the South Carolina side of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The incumbent was Republican Joe Wilson, who had represented the district since 2001. Wilson was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2016 and ran unopposed in the Republican Primary.

Democratic primary

Results

Runoff results

General election

Results

District 3

The 3rd district is located in northwestern South Carolina. The incumbent was Republican Jeff Duncan, who had represented the district since 2011. Duncan was re-elected with 73% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Results

General election

Results

District 4

The 4th district is located in

Upstate South Carolina The Upstate is the region in the westernmost part of South Carolina, United States, also known as the Upcountry, which is the historical term. Although loosely defined among locals, the general definition includes the 10 counties of the commerc ...

. The incumbent was Republican

Trey Gowdy Harold Watson "Trey" Gowdy III (born August 22, 1964) is an American television news personality, former politician, and former federal prosecutor who served as the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2019. His district included much of the Up ...

, who had represented the district since 2011. Gowdy was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2016. Gowdy announced in January 2018 that he would not run for re-election in 2018.

Democratic primary

Results

Runoff results

Republican primary

Results

Runoff results

General election

Results

District 5

The 5th district is located in northern South Carolina. The incumbent was Republican

Ralph Norman Ralph Warren Norman Jr. (born June 20, 1953) is an American real estate developer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2017. His district includes most of the South Carolina side of the Charlotte metropolitan area, alo ...

, who had represented the district since 2017. Norman was elected with 51% of the vote in a 2017 special election to replace

Mick Mulvaney John Michael Mulvaney (born July 21, 1967) is an American politician who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from February 2017 until March 2020, and as acting White House Chief of Staff from January 2019 until March ...

. Norman's challenger in the special election, Archie Parnell, announced on the 9th of October that he would seek the Democratic nomination for the 2018 election for District 5. The primaries were held on June 12, 2018. Incumbent Ralph Norman was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Democratic primary

Special election candidate and former Goldman Sachs employee Parnell had the most fundraising of the four Democratic candidates as of June 9. He was opposed by former York County Councilwoman Sidney Moore, professional clown Steven Lough, and Mark Ali, a former undocumented immigrant. Parnell's campaign was overshadowed by the resignation of many of his campaign staff after the discovery of allegations of domestic violence committed by him in 1973. However, he refused to drop out of the race, and won the primary with 60% of the vote.

Results

General election

Results

District 6

The 6th district is located in central and southern South Carolina. The incumbent was Democrat

Jim Clyburn James Enos Clyburn (born July 21, 1940) is an American politician and retired educator serving as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina. He has served as House Majority Whip since 2019. He is a two-time m ...

, who had represented the district since 1993. Clyburn was re-elected with 70% of the vote in 2016.

General election

Results

District 7

The 7th district is located in northeastern South Carolina. The incumbent was Republican Tom Rice, who had represented the district since 2013. Rice was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Results

Runoff results

Republican primary

Results

General election

Results

References

External links

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;Official campaign websites of first district candidates
Katie Arrington (R) for CongressJoe Cunningham (D) for Congress
;Official campaign websites of second district candidates
Sean Carrigan (D) for CongressJoe Wilson (R) for Congress
;Official campaign websites of third district candidates
Jeff Duncan (R) for CongressMary Geren (D) for Congress
;Official campaign websites of fourth district candidates
Brandon Brown (D) for CongressWilliam Timmons (R) for Congress
;Official campaign websites of fifth district candidates
Ralph Norman (R) for CongressArchie Parnell (D) for Congress
;Official campaign websites of sixth district candidates
Jim Clyburn (D) for CongressGerhard Gressmann (R) for Congress
;Official campaign websites of seventh district candidates
Tom Rice (R) for Congress
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